The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:52:01 at Salt Lake City 2026 put Liangyu Shen 752nd of 973 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:37 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Salt Lake City. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:44.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:54Running 1 3:39v median +0:28
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Block 02 10:25Running 2 5:56v median +0:35
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Block 03 11:25Running 3 5:55v median +0:06
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Block 04 14:39Running 4 6:05v median +0:17
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Block 05 11:38Running 5 6:10v median +0:12
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Block 06 8:56Running 6 5:42v median −0:07
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Block 07 13:23Running 7 6:53v median +1:03
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Block 08 20:52Running 8 6:08v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:56
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 950
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 950 men who finished.